Thursday, January 7, 2010

Dry season

the crotons and golden crinums seem to be thriving in this dry spell.

The dry season has started with a ferocity that tells me we are in for a severe drought. Last year this time we were experiencing an unusual amount of rain at the start of the dry season. I was over the moon for the extra moisture and my garden thrived. This week the grass has turned brown in many areas and I am forced to water many of my plants. Some plants are more drought tolerant like the crotons and the golden crinums you see in the second photo from the top. The water rates have been raised by a whopping sixty percent so I may just have to let some plants fend for themselves. This month is also the official start of the sugar cane harvest that will continue into the next few months until June or July.

11 comments:

Hello Islandgal. It is beautiful to read about other places which seem so exotic to me, here in South Australia. I have put a link to your blog from mine.http://hillsandplainsseedsavers.blogspot.com/All the best,Kate

I have been and still having rainy and cloudy days everyday, since a month or so ago. Nothing much to do at my garden since no neet to water my plants. I've been wanting to plant the golden croton too. I like the colours of the leaves. Are you going to post about your sugar cane festival?

No wonder they say that the third world war will be fought over water!The northern part of India is becoming drier too; rains are rare and during monsoons we see more clouds than water.But there is a charm in the dry landscape too...different and charming.

Kate ....thank you for stopping by. You do live in an exotic area too shall we swap for a few weeks?

Noelle....I hate the dry season too and prefer a green lush look. It did rain last night the first real rain for a month.

Kanak....

Autumn Belle.....Lucky you to have rain. The sugar cane festival comes at the end of the crop thus called the Crop Over Festival. It begins in July with a crowing a King and Queen of the cane cutters. The man and woman who cuts the most cane will be crowned. It is followed by calypso competitions for the Calypso Monarch. Then there is a parade of costumed revelers dancing on the streets in bands consisting of several hundred people in costumes representing many themes from around the world. I seldom go to see the bands now because they seem quite boring and they all look the same with women in very skimpy outfits including the big fat mamas. There is a King and Queen of the bands competition for the costume designers and that is well attended by the public. This takes place the night before the day of the parade of the bands. I will try to attend this year's and post some photos.

Kanak.......We will have to wait for the April showers to help us out. We got a night of rain so I am very pleased.

Bangchik....Some are adapting well with my help LOL.

Jean.....I have been trying to use plants that are drought tolerant but initially they have to be watered frequently to get established so I can't win.

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a self opinionated individual who speaks her mind on things that are important to her. I am Helen and I live in the north of Barbados in an old house that dates back to the early 1800's or more. I have been frantically gardening on 2.3 acres since 1996. I am married to a sweet guy called Chuck and we are the proud parents of a daughter, seven dogs and two lovebirds. My hubby is a retired teacher from Miami Florida and a wonderful human being. I was born on the island of Grenada and lived and attended Primary school in Trinidad and Tobago and later moved to Barbados in 1967 where I spent my adult years. I love to cook for company and adore a fusion of various cuisines. I speak some french with some degree of fluency having studied Pattern making in Paris many many moons ago. I work as a part time water garden consultant and my husband and I grow water lilies.